Clothes tree



Feb. 25, 1930.

J. H. COLLINS CLOTHES TREE Filed March 29, 1928 e of Fig. 1;

Patented Feb; 25,193!) v Jail/[Es HJcoLLrn's, oFc IoAGo; inniivors 1v i Application 'fileil March 29,

I v device areobvious upon. an understanding of itsconstruction. Y i The obj ect: of this; invention is the provisionof a collapsible clothes tree cwhich is light in weight, strong and durable,and"which can be collapsed; so as to occupy arelatively-v small 's ace.-. 1 .1 v "PT-hat the invention may" bef'better understood a preferred embodiment thereof is 7 shown in the; accompanying drawings and described in the specification. It isto be un derstood, however, that this disclosureis given ,forillustrative. purposes ..only andi is not intended tolimit theinventi'on short of its true and most comprehensive scope'as'de V fined by the, appended claims;

Referring to thedrawings:

V Fig.f1f,is aview in elje'va ion, showing the de- 1 1 e s t p; F'g. 2, is across section on the line 2 2' s a detailed View showing the base constructiongand I s v I Fig. 4, 'is a sectional view showing the device in collapsed position."

' Fig. 3, i

base portion 11, a plurality oftelescoping tubes112, hangers 13, and acap 14. The base portion 11 is preferably. constructed ofonev of the heavier metals such as cast iron and I comprises'two base members 15 and-'16 re- I I spectively which intersect at their medial portions. The medialportions of the base members-are provided with downwardly projecti .in'g portions 18 and19 as shown in Fig. .3.

The joining of the-two base members is accomplished by "providing a slot extending from the top of the base member 15 downward, which slot i's of the same Width as the thickness of the metal of the base portion 16,

shown in dotted lines as 17 in Fig. 3, and a because of its lightweight;

' as jtolrecei-ve agcap 14; r

i928. fxseriai No. 265,567.

complementary slot infthemedial projection N 19 0i the; base portion 15, the slot in:the base portion 15 extending from the bottom of the medial projection 19 of said portion, up-

ward so as to receive, the bottom medial projection18 ofthe base-portion 16.

The ba se portion is secured -'n the bottom tube 20 of the clothes "tree by the provision of fourslots in thesaid tube which extend from the bottom ofthe tube inward to receive When the cap 21 is screwed inplace it lfirms the legs of the base portion.- The bottom end 1 1y secures thebasemembers in the slots in the tube '20 and a rigid base structure results} Screwedto the'top of the tube'20 is a tube 22 which is slightly:v shorter thanthe' tube 20 and which tapers slightly from the bottom toward the top. The bottom endofthe tube 22 is ,threaded on its outer surface sofasto screw-into, complementarylthreads provided onlthe inner side of the top end of the tube '20. j The section 23 is likewise tapered and. is

screwed to the top endof the section 22 and the section 24: is similarly shaped and'screwed to the top of the seotion 23 andsupportstne .hanger arms 13.] The tubes 20 to24finclu-fl siv e are preferably constructed of aluminum The 11 ngerggarms'.13am constructed of. a I

, g materialsuch as cast aluminum and are I The device as shown in'Fig. 1 comprises 3, provided at their medial portions with'slots so that they fittogether inthe samelmann'eli' tube projects slightly above the hanger arms.

The top Of th tllbel lills screwthreaded' so 1 The-cap l i'screwsdownagainst the hanger arms 13 and forces themintofirmhand i'i id engagement with the tube .24. The 'c ollapslng of theildevlice is accomplished by unscrewing the member 16 out of the slot of the member and in a similar manner the hanger arms 13 are separated. The tube 22 being of smaller diameter and tapering cross section than the tube 20, will fit- Within the same and the tube 23 being of smaller diameter than the tube 22 will fit therein, and likewise the tube 24 will fit within the tube 23} -Thus all of the tubes can be nested Within the tubular section 20. The hanger arms 13 and base members 15 and 16 are then inserted in tube 24 as shown in Fig. 4. The cap lis provided with a peripheral projecting portion which is of the same diameter as the internal diameter of tube 20 and is screw threaded so as to engagewith' theth'r'eads within the upper end of the tube 20; T hecap 21 is'screw'ed to the other end "of the tube 20, thus closing the tube and retainingth'e various parts therein; I

The deviceywhen thus collapsed occupies a relatively small space. It will be obvious from the foregoing, description that I have provided a collapsible clothes tree which is light, strong, durably constructedgand which can be conveniently carried in a suit case or travelling I claim: 7 1. A 'coll'apsible clothes tree comprising an upright mei'nber consisting of a plurality of iiiterfitting hollow sections adapted to be nested together, a collapsible base meiiiber adapted t fit within the smallest 5555 said irl terfitting hollow sections, means for securing said base member to said upright member, said means forming amend closure for the largest 'of said interfitting sections, hanger was and means for securing said hangerarms to said upright member, last mehti ed, .m dapt d 9. t e eiid closure member for the other end of said largest upright member.

2;. A al-lipase, clothes era; aomprnmga base portion, an upright member composed adapted to be nested together; folfclo'sing one end of the largest of said se'ction's,

diameter substantially thesame as the largest of said sections and adapted to form an end closure member therefor.

4. A'collapsible clothes tree comprising a collapsible base member, collapsible hanger arms, an upright member composed of a plurality of sections adapted to be nested together, saidbase member and hanger arms adapted to fit within the smallest of said sections and end closure means for retaining all of thparts of said clothes tree within the largest of said sections, said end closure means also serving to secure said hanger members and said base, members to said upright member when the tree iswset up.

ing said base member to said upright member and also for forming an end closure member for the largest of said hollow sections, collapsible hanger arms adapted to fit with said collapsible base member within said hollow sections when the latter are in nested post tioit, and a cap for retaining said hanger arms 1 in place when the deviceis setup, said cap Havin an inside diameter adapted to interfit with the sm'alle'st of said hollow sections and an outside diameter adapts-aw interfit with the largest of said hollow sections and form a second en'dfclo's'ure member for thela'rgest of said hollow sections whe'nth'e device is in collapsed positiqn.

In testimony whereof; have hereunto sub scribed my name this 22nd d of March, Q:

1928. a, e r a JAMESH: coI LINs,

han er memberssecured to upper part o S i .qp hi me by a, at, fi m l havingl'ai inside diameter qf p'rop i? size to ll s'efi s ppe e d' 'ti d i ri m m er e ui l,d amet et rii to form a second closing 'memterjdr the other 'eiid of the largest ofs'aid sections.

clesuie largest "of tib shfli'j t ami s a d r r a ifie alaaalrgeartnsiaeiace having as inside aaaaa. substantially tllf; fs life t at of the, sea-116a of said se't'idiis' an tarsus its 

